Definition of Meticorten

1. Noun. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Meticorten

Metchnikov
Metenier's sign
Methanobacterium
Methedrine
Methodies
Methodism
Methodist
Methodist Church
Methodist denomination
Methodists
Methody
Methone
Methoni
Methuselah
Methuselahs
Meticorten (current term)
Metidian
Metis
Metonic
Metonic cycle
Metrazol
MetroCard
MetroCards
Metroidvania
Metropolitan Area Network
Metroxylon
Metroxylon sagu
Mets
Mets Yeghern

Literary usage of Meticorten

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1. Getting Fit Your Way: A Self-paced Fitness Guide (1993)
"... Meticorten, Deltasone, Cortan, Sterapred), a synthetic corticosteriod, is most often used to treat lupus. Others include hydrocortisone (Cortef, ..."

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